The Sung/Jing/Liao Dynasty #3
No.
Su/21
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1230 A.D.
Inscriptions by Engraving: 紹定二年光州綱銀．王寶
The 2nd Year of Shao Ding
Submitted Taxed Silver of Kuang District (Honan Province)
Wang Bao (Smith)
Note:
綱 (Gang) was an unit of taxed items, such as gold, silver, silk, and crops. The number of an unit differed from items and locations.
This piece is also assumed to be part from the recent Nanjing excavation.
Seen in trade
No.
Su/22
Weight: 449 grams/12.5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions by Stamping:
京銷滲銀/林仁卿宅/京銷滲銀
京銷滲銀/重拾貳兩半/京銷滲銀
"Shen" Silver Cast in the Capital City (Hangzhou)
Lin Zen Ching's Household (Silver shop)
Weighed Twelve and a Half Taels
Additional Inscriptions by Stamping:
廣東運司(Transportation Commission in Kuangtung)
黃□驗(Assayed by Huang...)
Additional Inscriptions by Engraving:
洗明(A person's name)
Notes:
Cast in the Southern Sung Dynasty
滲 "Shen" means "penetration". "Shen silver" was one of the quality silver ingots in the Southern Sung Dynasty. Its fineness ranged from 99.5% to 98.5% according to the standard of that time.
廣東運司—an abbreviation of 廣南東路轉運司- Transportation Commission of Kuangtung. This commission was an tax collector and agent of the board of revenue in the central government of the Southern Sung Government and was stationed in each 路 (province).
Possibly a specimen from the recent Nanjing excavation.
Seen in trade
No. Su/23
Weight: 25 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions by Stamping:
霸北街西/舊日蘇韓張二郎/霸北街西
霸北街西/重貳拾伍兩/霸北街西
West of Ba Bei Street (Address of the silver shop where was in the capital Ling An (Now, Hangzhou))
Weighed Twenty Five Taels
(Successor of) the former Su Firm and Its Smith Han Wu Lang- Silversmith Zhang Er Lang
Additional Inscriptions by Stamping:
廣東( Kuangtung)
鈔鋪(Shop of Salt Licenses)
梁平□□(Liang Ping-A person's name)
Notes:
Seen in trade
Possibly a specimen from the recent Nanjing excavation.
No.
Su/24
Weight: 450 grams/12.5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions by Stamping:
霸北街西/重拾貳兩半/霸北街西
West of Ba Bei Street (Address of the silver shop where was in the capital Ling An (Now, Hangzhou))
Weighed Twelve and a Half Taels
Additional Inscriptions by Stamping:
鎮江劉鋪( Zhenjiang, Liu Firm)
Additional Inscriptions by Engraving:
麥季京銷/謝德明驗
Cast in the Capital City in the Wheat Season
Assayed by Hsieh Der Ming
Notes:
Seen in trade
This piece was cast in the capital Hangzhou and passed on to a silver shop Liu's firm in Zhenjiang (of Jiangsu Province) which pressed a stamp of its firm as endorsement. It is speculated to be further submitted to a local government in Zhenjiang, therefore, the engraved assaying inscriptions were given before the submission.
Possibly a specimen from the recent Nanjing excavation.
No.
Su/25
Weight: 12.5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions by Stamping:
霸北街西/舊日蘇韓張二郎/霸北街西
霸北街西/重拾 貳兩半/霸北街西
West of Ba Bei Street (Address of the silver shop where was in the capital Ling An (Now, Hangzhou))
Weighed Twelve and a Half Taels
(Successor of) the former Su Firm and Its Smith Han Wu Lang- Silversmith Zhang Er Lang
Additional Inscriptions by Stamping:
李二記(Li Er's Remark) : Possibly an assayer's stamp
王□記(Wang □'s Remarks): Possibly an assayer's stamp
Notes:
Seen in trade
Possibly a specimen from the recent Nanjing excavation.
No.
Su/26
Weight: 12.5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions by Stamping: 廣南市舶司/霸北街西/蘇宅韓五郎/重拾貳兩半 何成/楊?/易?/京銷/監官翟良白/起發畸零銀
Kuangtung Trade Ship Commision
West of Ba Bei Street (Address of the silver shop where was in the capital Ling An (Now, Hangzhou))
Su Firm and Its Smith Han Wu Lang
Weighed Twelve and a Half Taels
Cast in the Capital
Inspection Officer Zhai Liang Bai
Submitted fractional silver
Note:
Assumed to be part from the recent Nanjing excavation
No.
Su/27
Weight: 12.5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions by Stamping: 舶司起發/京銷鋌銀/京銷/一月八日/廣東銀庫/鈔鋪宋禮/水腳銀/謝仲永
Submitted by (Kuangtung) Trade Ship Commision
Lump Silver Cast in the Capital City (Hangzhou)
Cast in the Capital
The 8th of 1st Month
Kuangtung Silver Treasury
Paper-note Shop Sung Li
Ship Freight (for submitting tax silver)
Hsieh Zhong Yong (the smith)
Note:
Assumed to be part from the recent Nanjing excavation
No.
Su/28
Weight: 12.5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions by Stamping: 京銷鋌銀/重拾貳兩半/鈔鋪余盛富/趙孫鋪/廣東銀庫/廣東提舉司五年起發/賣鈔銀押銀人張復
Lump Silver Cast in the Capital City (Hangzhou)
Weighed Twelve and a Half Taels
Paper-note Shop Yu Shen Fu
Zhao and Sun's Silver shop
Kuangtung Silver Treasury
Submitted by the Commissioner of Kuangtung Trade Ship Commision in the 5th Year
Silver from selling paper note, guardian Zhang Fu
Note:
Assumed to be part from the recent Nanjing excavation
No.
Su/29
Weight: 50 taels
Date: 1247 A.D.
Inscriptions
建康府
起解進奉淳祐柒年分
聖節銀每鋌重伍拾兩專庫王錢 匠人程元籌
宿 賈寔 邢文彬 沈執中
京銷十月初九日
迪功郎建康府司戶參軍兼監趙興裴
文林郎建康府錄事參軍兼監張士通
JienKang Prefecture
Submitted in the fiscal year of 7th year of Chun Yo
Tribute for Holy Festival, each piece 50 Taels. Treasury Wang Chien, Smith Chen Yuan Chou
Su (Chinese Serial Number) Jia Xi (Meaning unknown), Shin Wen Bin, Shen Zhi Zhong (Names of inspectors)
Cast in the Capital, the 9th day of 10th Month
Di-Gung Lang (Title of a low-ranking Civil official), Jienkang Prefecture Supervisor Zhao Xin Pei of Household Register, Taxation and Warehousing.
Wen-Lin Lang (Title of a low-ranking Civil official), Jienkang Prefecture, Supervisor Chang Xi Tong of Auditing and General Affairs.
Note:
Assumed to be part from the recent Nanjing excavation
Su/30
Weight: 25 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions:
今申解淮西銀每鋌貳拾伍兩
民字號 秤子 經榮 唐深
從事郎 永州司法參軍趙臬審
奉議郎通判永州司□州軍卓邦丘
25 Taels of Silver to be Transported to Huai-Si (i.e., Huai-Nan West Road, the south bank of the Huai River-the border river between the Southern Sung and Jin regimes)
No. Ming, Weighers Jin Zong, Tang Shen
Chong-Xi Lang (Title of a low-ranking Civil official), Yong District Judicial Judge Zhao Nie Shen
Fong-Yi Lang (Title of a middle-ranking Civil official), Yong District Judicial Officer ?? Zho Bang Chiu
Note:
Assumed to be part from the recent Nanjing excavation
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